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CHARLES 1v. WADE, or PATERSON, NEW JERSEY.

TICKET PRINTING AND DELIVERY MACHINE.

Application filed January 19, 1920. Serial No. 352,322.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES N. WADE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Paterson, in the county of Passaic and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ticket Printing and Delivery Machines, of which the fol- ,lowing is a specification.

This invention relates to a ticket printing and delivery machine designed primarily to print and deliver, in rapid succession, different tickets of suchtype as are used by public service organizations.

I am aware that there have been devised numerous ticket delivery and printing machines operating more or less successfully to deliver tickets in rapid succession, which tickets may have, at the option of the operator of the machine, different printed matter on each tieket; such a machine is disclosed' in letters Patent, No. 1,359,938,

granted to me November:23, 1920, the pres ent application being a continuation in part of the application which eventuateddn said Letters Patent.

In the present invention, I provide a ticket- The invention also has for an object to store a continuous strip ofpaper which is fed through the ticket printing and delivery 7 machine and is printed upon and is automatically severed into ticket lengths after printing; and the ticket is finally delivered to the. party desiring the transfer, all by a single 0 eration of asingle lever. x

' A furt er object of the invention is toprovide mechanism whereby the printing elements may be varied manually for the initial setting of the machine and some of the printingelements thereafter varied automatically according to time or varled according to each issue of'a transfer in order to bring into play the proper printing faces.

The invention has as a furtherobj'eot the provision of a. ticket printing machine of such as a streetcar, for instance, and therewhich the mechanism maybe set before turning it over to the operator'of a vehicle the operator of the machine.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the ticket printing and delivery machine;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the mechanism of the machine intact but with the casing removed;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the mechanism viewed from the side opposite that shown in Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view of the mechanism;

Fig. 5 is a central longitudinal section;

Fig. 6 is a horizontal section on the line 66 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 7 is a transverse section on the line 77 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 8 is a transverse section on the line s s of Fig. 2;

Fig. 9 is a perspective detail of the time clock setting mechanism;

Fig. 10 is a diagrammatic view in plan of the arrangement of the printing faces when set to produce a transfer;

\ Fig. 11 is a fragmentary view showing a modified form of paper strip feeding mechanism;

Fig. 12 is a top plan view of the complete machine;

Fig. 13 is a fragmentary view showing the connections necessary for the modified form I of paper strip feed.

The mechanism f the transfer printing and delivery machine, considering the same with the casing removed as shown, in Figs. 2 and 3, consists of a frame 1 comprising two side members 2 and 3 each having suitable feet 4, 5 and 6 for fastening the mechanism in the casingfas will later be described and such frame members are connected across by suitable upper structure carrying different units ofthe mechanism'to be later set forth. I I

The mechanism consists of several diiferent units interconnected for simultaneous cooperative action on the movement of a single lever and the detail'description of the machine will beset forth "in sevefal parts each of which will relate toa separate unit of the mechanism. 2 y

Paper fecal mecham'sw. -Atjthe top: of

the frame 1 and near the rear of the machine are the parallel uprights 7 and 7 in the upper ends of which is journaled a paper storage roll carrying shaft 8 which extends transversely of'the machine and is enlarged at one extremity to prevent it from slipping through the uprights; a spring cap member 9 pivoted at 10 encloses the enlarged end of the shaft 8 and retains the said shaft in place until such time as it is desired to replace the paper storage roll with a new roll. On the inside of the uprights 7 and 7 are spring tensioning fingers 11 and 11, the tines of which bear against the sides of the roll of paper 12 thereby tensioning the paper as it feeds through the machine. The

"paper strip 12 passes over a guide roll 13 having flanges 14 and journaled in the extensions 16 of the frame 1 by means of the shaft 15. Forwardly of the guide roll 13 and carried in extensions 17 supporting a shaft 18 is a paper feed roll 19 having a friction surfacing material 20 over which the paper strip passes; above the paper feed roll 19 is a pressure roll 21 mounted on a shaft 22 and the paper strip passes between the rolls 19 and 21 as clearly shown in Fig. 5. The shaft 18 is, provided with a knob 23 at one end thereof for manually feedin the paper strip through the machine. This nob 23 is knurled on the periphery and provided with a plurality of facial radial divisions cooperatlng with a pointer 24 mounted by screws 25 on the frame 1 of the machine. The paper stri after passing between the rollers 19 and 21 continues horizontally through the machine and, at the forward end of the machine, the strip passes beneath a fixedknife 26 cooperating with a movable knife 27, mounted in vertical ways on the frame-members 2 and 3, whereby to cut the. strip into ticket lengths by mechanism hereinafter described in particular. The delivery. plate 28 receives the cut ticket which is guided in channels 29 so that immediately on being severed the ticket will be delivered at the front of the machine.

Ink ribbon mechanic 12w. Following the course of the ticket strip and carried on rollers 30 and 31 at the front and rear of the machine, respectively, is theink ribbon 32. The roller 30 is provided with flanges 33 and has its spindles 34.-journaled in slots 35 in the side plates 36 secured to the frame v1 by screws 37. Ribbon tensionmg means consisting of spring fingers 38 retain the roll 30 in place. The roll 31 is mounted in slots 39 of the extensions 16 and is retained in place by ribbon tensioning means compris- 1ng spring fingers 41 secured by screws 42 and riding on flanges 40 of the roller. The ribbon feed consists of a ratchet wheel 43 keyed to the end of the roller 30 and engaged by a pawl 44 pivoted at 45 to an arm 46 bifurcated as shown at 48 to slide over the end of the roller 30 between'the plate the ribbon in its course through the machine:

The spindles of the rollers 30 and 31 are provided. each with a milled head 340 to facilitate the tensioning of a new ribbon and rewinding of a ribbon upon the roller 31.

P'Zaten meokam'sw. A fiat plate 50 constituting a platen is cut out on its four corners, as shown at 51 in the bottom plan view,

Fig. 4, and is arranged to be bodily dis placed upwardly for printing, the'members 52 integral with the frame 1 constituting guides therefor during its vertical movementf The platen is arranged beneath thev paper ticket strip so that the said ticket strip passes between the ink ribbon and the platen.

Beneath the .platenand journaled in the frame 1 are two parallel platencam shafts 53 and 54 carrying the pairs of cams 53' and 54' respectively which, as the shafts 53 and 54 are rotated in opposite directions engage the plate n'to cause the latter to rise and fall.

Ticket strip severing meeham'sm--. On the members 2 and 3 of the frame 1 beneath the platen 50 and journaled in boxes 55 secured in place by screws 56 is mounted a transverse member '57 having" the longitudinally extending arms 58 and 58, the arm 58 being provided with a stud 59 having a head .60 and screwed through the arm 58. The stud 59 is adapted to be engaged by a cam-like protuberance 61' on a collar 62 knife 27 secured in place by the plate 64 held by screws 65, and the knife 27 is further braced by the/spring member 66 bearing against the rear face of said knife 27 and insuring the proper shearing coaction between the knives 26 and 27. By this construction, the de ression of the arm 58 will raise the knife 2 so that it will engage with the fixed knife 26 and'shear the paper ticket strip between the knives. Intermediate the ends of the arm 58 is a stud 67 having a head 68 by which it maybe screwed through the said arm, to cooperate with a cam 69 of a member 70 keyed to the platen cam shaft 53 so that,. after actuation by the cam-like protuberance 61 of the cam shaft 54 the member will return the member 57 to its normal position.

Operating means. Mounted on the studs 72 and 73 in the side member 3 of the frame 1 are pinions 74 and 75 meshing with pinions 76 and 77, respectively, on the platen cam shafts 53 and 54. One end of the cam shaft '53 is squared s at 78 to receive a crank 79 so that by turning the crank 79 the platen 50 is raised and lowered by means of the cams carried by the platen cam shafts 53 and 54 and likewise the knife'27 is actuated. An interrupted gear 80 on the platen cam shaft 54 meshes with a pinion 81, at the proper time, on the paper feed roll shaft 18 and feeds the exact ticket length of the ticket strip over the platen 50 previous to the raising of the platen. The platen 50 is assisted in its return to the lowered position by the leaf springs 82 secured in place on the side members 2 and 3 of the frame 1 by screws 83.

Station to station and direction printing mclms. Above the platen 50 and the'ribbon and'mounted in suitable cut-outs in the superstructure of the frame 1 are journaled the spindles of the longitudinally arranged parallel printing rollers 84, and 86, 87. The rollers 84, 85 are provided each with several printing faces extending longitu dinally of the rollers and these printing faces bear the names of stations, while the rollers 86, 87 each have several printing faces bearing direction names such as North, South, East and West. Fixed on the frame 1 in the space between the rollers of each pair, is a printing face bearing the word to so that the station printing means may print, as an example, Governor to Newark, and at the same time the direction indicating means may also print, for example, north to east. The spindles of the rollers 84, 85 carry bevel pinions 84, 85 while the spindles of the rolls 86, 87 carry bevel pinions 86", 87. Similar bevel pinions 88 and 89 are mounted on vertical shafts 90 and 91 carried in the frame 1 and integral with these last named pinions are the gears 88,.89 which mesh with similar ears 92, 93 carried on spindles which extend'vertica'lly up through the frame 1 and have keyed thereto the collars 96 each of which collars receives a spindle 97 extending through the casing of the machine as shown in Fig. 1 and provided atthe top with the disk-like members 97' having knobs 98 by which they may be turned to any desired position,.pointers being provided on the exterior of the casing to indicate on the members 97 which printing face of the respective printing rolls is in position to print. The direction indicating rollers 86 and 87 are similarly geared up to disk-like members 99 having knobs 100 and may be similarly set according to the desire of the operator of'the machine and since the gearing mechanism of the rolls 86 and 87 is identical with that of the rolls 84, 85 such gearing will be given identical reference characters.

Tran sfer numbefing mechanism. This mechanism consists of a numbering machine of the impression type located in a suitable recess 101 in the upper structure of the frame 1 and is of such construction that the printing engagement of the platen 50 with one of the several printing faces of the numbering machine will cause the actuation of such machine each time the platen engages in printing relation therewith. It is not necessary to give a specific description of this numbering machine since any one of the numerous devices operating in this manner and now manufactured and forming a commercial article may be incorporated in the machine' The numbering machine is held in place by a suitable backing plate, not shown but placed over the opening of the recess 101 and which tightly presses'the said numbering machine margin against the flange 102 which forms a seat for the numbering machine; and said backing plate is secured in place by screws entering the holes 103. Adjacent the numbering machine recess is another cut-out l0-4'which accommodates, in the bearing 105 carried by the fraine 1, a plurality ofconcentric telescopically mounted rotating dating shafts carrying finger knobs 106, 107, 108 and 109 crossedby an indicating pointer mounted on the frame 1 by suitable screw means. The other end of these telescopic shafts carries suitable printing disks 106, 107,-108' and 109 provided with printing faces, and of which the knob 106 carries the days of the week and printing disk 106' connected therewith carries. printing faces corresponding to the days of the week; knob 107 carries peripheral designations corresponding to the months of the year while printing disk 107' carries printing faces corresponding to the months of the year; knob 108 carries peripheral indicia corresponding to the numerical days of the month and printing disk 108 connected therewith carries printing faces corresponding to the numerical designations of the days of the month; and knob 109 is divided into years while the printing face of disk 109 is correspondingly provided with printing means. These printing disks are held in any set position by spring fingers 111 which engage the peripheries of the disks and hold the said disks in printing alignment after being set. These spring fingers are secured in place by screws 112. 4

Thus, from the foregoing, it will beseen that the proper setting of the printing disks will occasion, on actuation of the platen, the printing on a transfer of the day of the week, the month of the year, the day of the month and the year in alignment immediately adjacent but at ri ht angles to the number of the transfer. he frame 1, in the printing area also carries'a fixed printing member which prints on the face of the portionof the machine are two uprights 115 which carry the time printing mechanism which comprisesain detail a backing plate 117 .and a front plate 118 between'which is mounted a shaft 119 carrying a spring drum 120 containing the coil spring 121 and havw 158, respectively, mounted on the shaft 134 between the two plates .117 and 118. The

ing the peripheral gear teeth 122. The

spring within the drum may be wound bymeans of a winding spindle 123'carrying a gear 124 which meshes with a gear 125 on theend of the shaft 119, said spindle 123 being -supported in the bracket 126, secured in place by screws 127 on the face of the front plate 118, the spindle being further supported by a bracket 128 so that the key engaging end 129' thereof may project through a suitable hole in the casing of the machine. The usual holding ratchet 122 is provided to insure proper application of the force of the spring. The motion of the drum 120 due to the inertia of the spring 121 is communicated to a spindle 130 by a pinion 131 carried on said spindle and meshing with the teeth 122 of the drum and the other end of said spindle 130 carries a large gear 132 which, in turn, meshes with a gear 133 on an escapement spindle 134 carrying the escapement wheel 135 with the pawl 137 pivoted at 138 and pressed into engagement with the ratchet wheel 136 by a spring 139 so thatv movement of the escapement wheel in one direction is imparted to the spindle. .The shaft or spindle 134 has keyed thereto a cam 140, shaped as shown in Fig. 7, which is arranged to actuate a second escapement through the medium of the cam escapement arm 141 bearing on said cam as the latter rotates in the direction of the arrow indicated in Fig. 7. This arm 141 is drawn in toward the cam by a spring 142 connected with the arm at 143 and with the front plate 118 as indicated at 144. The arm is carried loosely upon a shaft 145 upon which is secured the escapement wheel 146 engaged by the pawls 147, 148, and 149. The pawl 149 also bears upon the periphery of the shaft 149 and releases the same from the escapement wheel. The pawl 152 pivoted onthe shaft engaging portion of the arm 141 and actuated by a detent lever 153, mounted at 154 on said arm 141, engages the pawl 148 to lift the same outof the notches of the escapement wheel 146 just before the arm 141 leaves the point 155 of the cam 140 so that the escapement wheel 146 is allowed to move the distance requisite ,to shift elements of the time printing mechanism. The arm 141, of course, is provided with a pawl 141' to engage and actuate the escapement wheel. A member 152 is rovided for disengaging the pawls 148 and 149 to permit free movement'of escapement wheel 146.

The escapements hereinbefore mentioned control three printing disks 156, 157 and escapement wheel 135 controls the printing disk or wheel 157 which carries printing faces corresponding to minutes of time and has sixty faces, while the escapement wheel 146 through the medium of two sets of gears 159 and 160 locked to the printing disks orwheels 156 and 158 controlsthe movement of these last named wheels. The wheel or disk 156 carries hourly designations covering the twenty-four hours of the day while the printin disk or wheel 158 carries A. M. and P. designations aligning with the hourly designations of the wheel 156, and the escapement wheel 146 is therefore only actuated by the cam 140 on every sixty minute period or lapse of time as indicated by a complete revolution of the escapement wheel 135 which is controlled in a manner to be hereinafter described. This mechanism, as will be seen, constitutes time printing means which may be automatically governed by clock mechanism.

Time clock meoham'sw. The time clock mechanism consists of the usual clock mechthe transfer and such hands are geared back by pinions 170 and-a shaft 171 secured at 172 r to the member 173 carried by the cam-140 so that any setting of the-hands of the clock will also set the time printing mechanism, such printing mechanismbeing assembled with the clock mechanism in such manner, to be herein-after described, that the two correspond so that the time printed will be registered also on the face of the clock. link 205being pivoted at 206 to the forward The clock hands and their attendant mechanism, which are of the usual type, are driven by the usual gear train through the medium of a pinion 174, driven by the main sprlngbarrel 164, which in turn meshes with the other gearing to drive the hands of the clock. Such movement of the main spring barrel is communicated to a setting shaft 176, mounted in the frame plates 161 and 162 near the upper ends thereof, by a pinion 177 slidable with said shaft for e'n-v gagement with the gear 175 carried by-the main spring barrel, such pinion 177 beingmoved by the forked member 178 carried on a support 179 and moved through the medium of the lever 180 so that the pinion 177 and the gear 175 may be .disengaged for setting of the hands of the clock and the time printing mechanism. When the shaft.

176 is shifted forwardly to disengage the pinion 177 from the gear 175, a pinion 181 on the front end of said shaft is caused to' engage the pinion 182 on the lower end of a spindle 183 which is provided with a knob 184 above the casing, said spindle 183 being mounted in a bracket 185 at the front of the clock frame and in the top of the casing and being held against dropping by the engagement of the knob with the .casing. When the knob is rotated, the clock and the printing mechanism are set. Thesetting 176 carries a crank disk 186 at its rear end which is provided with a crank pin 187 engaging in the upper end of a slot188 in an escapement lever 189, which is pivoted upon the frame plate 118 as at 190and carries escapement end or tooth 191 engaging the escapement wheel 135 and hasa pin 192 en aging in the slotted end 193 of another escapement member 194 pivoted at 195 so that rotative movement of the setting shaft 176 is translated "into rocking. movement of the two escapement levers, thus permitting minute interval movements of the es capement wheel 135 which, in turn, are transmitted to the minute printing disk 157. In this manner the movements of the hands of the clock are registered on the time printing mechanism. The clock mechanism is supported by uprights 196 secured to the side of the machine frame and which carry the. brackets 197 and 128 for supporting the winding shafts 165 and 129 respectively. At the front of the machine is a platform 198 carrying a counting mechanism 199 which is adapted to register. the total number of transfers issued by the machine and may be manually set by the knob 200 but is normally automatically actuated through the'medium of the counter actuating shaft 201, having secured thereto an arm 202 which is actuated to the downward position by a spring 203' and has its lower end pivoted at 204 to a link 205; the lower end of said vance the counter mechanism 19.9 one number. The arm 46 of the ink ribbon mechanism is also pivoted at 210' to the same lever 207 and consequently the cam 210 also serves to elevate the arm 46 and actuate or advance the ribbon, thus providing for the ribbon feed and at the same time providing for registering or tallying the total number of transfers issued by the machine. If desired, the visible, counting mechanism 199 may be set to register coincidently with the number printing mechanism of the transfer printing means so that'the conductor will at all times be cognizant of the number of transfers [issued and the number of the issuing transfer.

Exterior casing.The mechanism is enclosed in a case 212 which is provided at the front with a sight opening 213 receiving the face of the clock so as to make the same visible and also is provided with sight openings 214 and 215 for the counter mechanism and clock setting mechanism respectively. The lever 180 of the clock setting mechanism has its knob end projecting through an opening 216 in the casing. Like- Wise the side of the casing is suitably formed of the transfer. The top of the casing as before explained accommodates'the four d als 97 and 99 with their respective pointers so that the operator of the machine may know how the machine is set and where to set it.

The operation of the machine is'as follows :The paper roll is suitably mounted as previously described and the strip threaded through the machine. The dating mechanism is set at the beginning of the day as is also the clock mechanism. The operator of the machine issuing transfers then turns the dials 97 and 99 to the points of transfer and the direction, respectively, and, after disengaging the member 219, rotates the crank 79 one full revolution which,

through the medium of the cam shafts 53 and 54 connected for unison operation actuates the respective mechanisms connected therewith such as the inking ribbon and counting mechanism, and, at the same time, raises the platen 50 to engage the same with the paper strip, impressing the paper strip against the ribbon and the printing faces to print upon the surface of the paper strip the data to be recorded by the printing mechanism after which the continued movement of the handle 79 lower-s the platen and advances the strip-through the' machine a distance equal to the length of the ticket, the printed ticket issuing through the delivery opening 222. Just before the handle again reaches its vertical position, the printed ticket is severed from the strip and the machine is ready for successive repeat operations to produce any number oftransfers.

In reference to the modified form of paper stripfeed as shown in Figures 11 and 13, the interrupted gear 81 meshes with a pinion 30.0 mounted on a stud 301 and connected by means of a crank pin 302 and connecting rod 303 with a crank pin 304 on a disk 305 carried by a paper roll 306 forwardly of the machine and immediately at the rear of the delivery plate 28 and back of the knife 27,

a compression roller 307 being mounted above the roll 306 to impart the necessary pressurefor moving the paper strip B. The construction of the machine embodying this modified form of paper feeding mechanism is identical with that described in connection with the preceding figures with the exception that the paper is drawn through the machine as contradistinguished from pushing it through.

claim:

1.,The combination of a casing, a fixed printin member within the casing, a pair of para lel printing rollers arranged above and cooperating with the fixed printing member, the axes of said rollers extending longitudinally of the fixed printing member, means for adjusting the printing rollers from the exterior of the casing, aplaten movable toward and *from the printing members, means for feeding a paper striplongitudinally over the platen-between the same and the printing members, and an inking ribbon' extending longitudinally over the platen between the paper strip and the printing members.

2. The combination of a casing, a fixed pr nting membermounted in the casing, -a pair of parallel station printing rollers arranged above and cooperating with the fixed printlng member, the axes of the rollers extendlng longitudinally. of the fixed print- 1n member, a pair of parallel directionprintmg rollers in axial alinement with the station-printing rollers, means for adjusting all said rollers from the exterior of the casmg, a plurality of dating. rollers arranged ad acent the fixed printing member andhaving concentric axes arrangedtransversely of said fixed printing member, means for adjusting the dating rollers from the exterior of the casing, a platen disposed below the fixed printing member and all said rollers and movable toward and from the same, an inkin ribbon extending longitudinally over the p aten between the same and the fixed printin member and the rollers, and means for fee ing a paper strip over the platen between the same and the inking ribbon.

3. The combination ofa casing, a frame within the casing, a fixed printin member supported in the frame, pairs 0 parallel printing rollers mounted above and cooperating with the fixed prmtmg member pinions mounted in the frame ad acent the ends of the respective rollers and earcd thereto, collars secured to the. pinions, spindles secured in said collars and extending through the casing, indicator dials carried bysaid spindles exterior to the casing, and pointers on the casing cooperating with said dials.

4. The combination of a frame, printing members mounted therein, aplaten mounted in the frame below the printing members, springs secured in the frame and bearing on the platen to hold the same normally lowered, cams bearing against the under side of the platen, and means for simultaneously rotating said cams whereby to effect raising and lowering of the platen.

' 5. The combination of a frame, printing members mounted therein, a platen arranged below the printing members; a fixed knife on the frame adjacent one end of the platen, an inking ribbon disposed between the platen and the printing members, means for feeding a paper strip over the platen between the same and the inking ribbon and past'the fixed knife, 'a movable knife mounted below the .fixed knife to cooperate therewith, means to move the platen toward and from the printing members, and

means whereby when the platen recedes the movable knife will be advanced to the fixed knife and sever the paper strip.

6. The combination of printing members, a platen, means for feeding a paper strip over the platen between the same and the printing members, a fixed knife on the flame adjacent the discharge end of the platen, a train of gears below the platen including' cam shafts, cams on said shaft bearin against the platen, a rocker fulciume below the gears, means whereby said rocker will be actuated by the cam shafts, and a' knife carried by one end of said rocker to cooperate with the fixed knife and insert? platen, a train of gears below the platen includihg cam shafts, cams on said shafts bearing against the platen, a rocker fulcrumed below the gears, means whereby said rocker will be actuated by'the cam shafts, vertical ways above'one end of the rocker leading to the fixed knife, a knife supported on the said end ofthe rocker and slidable in said ways to cooperate with the fixed knife and sever the paper strip, and a bowed spring on the rocker and bearing outwardly against the knife.

8. The combination of a frame, printing members mounted thereon, a platen mounted in the frame below the printing members, a counter on the frame, a driving shaft means controlled by the driving shaft for moving the platen vertically to efl'ectimpressions from the printing members, a cam on the driving shaft, a lever fulcrumed intermediate its ends upon the frame and having one end bearing against said cam, and a link operatively connecting the opposite end of said lever with the counter.

'9. The combination of a casing, printi members mounted therein, a platen mounte adjacent the printing members for movement toward and from the same, means for feeding a paper strip over the platen between the same and the printing means, means for severing the paper strip, a single rotatable operating handle exterior to the casing for actuating all said means, and;

a latch on the casing to engage said handle and yieldably hold the same against movement. 7

1G. The combination of a frame, printing.

members mounted thereon, a platen mounted in the frame below the printing'members, rollers mounted in the frame at the ends of the platen, a ribbon carried by said rollers and extending-between the platen and the printing members, a counter on the frame, a driving shaft, means controlled by said driving shaft for moving the platen vertically to efi'ect impressions from the printing members, a cam on the driving shaft, a lever fulcrumed intermediate its ends upon the frame and having one end bearing against said cam, a link operatively connecting the opposite end of said lever with the counter, and an arm pivoted to and rising from the said lever and operatively engaging the adjacent ribbon-carrying roller whereby to eflect feeding of the inking ribbon.

ture.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signa- 

